Prospects of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)   for Potato, Onion and Tomato: Indian Scenario

Manoj Kumar; Bikram Jyoti; KP Saha; Ajay Kumar Roul; Anshida Beevi C.N.; Rahul Rajaram Potdar

doi:10.56093/jisas.v78i03.171401

Authors

Manoj Kumar ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
Bikram Jyoti ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
KP Saha ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
Ajay Kumar Roul ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
Anshida Beevi C.N. ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad
Rahul Rajaram Potdar ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal

https://doi.org/10.56093/jisas.v78i03.171401

Keywords:

Vegetable production index; Composite index; Farmer groups and institutionalization.

Abstract

Vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that are essential for human body. However, increase in urbanization coupled with improved purchasing power of consumers and enormous wastage during post-harvest handling and marketing created a huge gap between per capita demand and supply. This loss can be minimized by promoting Farmers’ Producer Organisation(FPO). In the present paper, status of FPOs engaged in
perishable and important vegetable crops like tomato, potato and onion in different states of India have been studied. State-wise number of FPOs for tomato, potato and onion have been assessed and compared with production level of states using a composite index known as Vegetable Production Index. The Vegetable Production Index for each state has been constructed by combining production of potato, onion and tomato using principal component analysis and the states were categorized in high, medium and low categories using 75th percentile (0.40) and 25th percentile (0.01). The constructed index showed that Uttar Pradesh ranked first in production of these vegetables, followed by West Bengal and Maharashtra. It was investigated that except for few states, the states those were under high category, also had more number of FPOs (51%) engaged in potato, onion and tomato. The study showed that there is a need to increase number of FPOs for tomato, onion and potato in Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Odisha as they still have the opportunity to enhance marketing of vegetables through FPOs matching their production level.

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